Anna Mokgethi | |
Office1: | Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs |
Term Start1: | 6 November 2019 |
President1: | Mokgweetsi Masisi |
Predecessor1: | Dorcas Makgato-Malesu |
Office2: | Member of the National Assembly for Gaborone Bonnington North |
Term Start2: | 5 November 2019 |
Predecessor2: | Duma Boko |
Nationality: | Motswana |
Party: | Botswana Democratic Party |
Children: | Sasa Klaas |
Profession: | Politician |
Anna Maria Mokgethi is a Motswana politician serving as the Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs since November 2019. [1] She is the Member of Parliament for Gaborone Bonnington North. Mokgethi is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party.[2]
Mokgethi was originally a member of the Botswana Congress Party, before she resigned to join the Botswana Democratic Party.[3] [4] Ahead of the 2019 general election, she was selected as the BDP's candidate for Gaborone Bonnington North.[5] She easily defeated opposition leader Duma Boko on 23 October after she received 3,033 votes compared to Boko's 1,851 votes.[6] She was sworn in as an MP on 5 November 2019.
On 6 November 2019, president Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed Mokgethi Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs.[7] She was sworn in on the same day and succeeded Dorcas Makgato-Malesu.
Her daughter, Sarona Motlhagodi, known professionally as Sasa Klaas, died on 6 March 2021 in a helicopter crash.[8]